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Sunday, November 08, 2009

The School of Essential Ingredients

Just finished up a really good book this morning. In fact, I got up early, took the dog out and climbed back into bed to finish it.

By Erica Bauermeister , this charming, quick read tells the story of eight different people who gather to take a cooking class from a rather unusual cook.

Lillian, the cook, has developed through her lifetime an unusual approach to food. Not food just for foods sake. Reading this book makes you want to jump up and run for the kitchen, not only to cook, but to smell. Smells equal memories and emotions to Lillian and she has an uncanny way of creating the right dish for the right person.

One of my favorite parts is about a young mother and her feelings about being “touched” all the time. Unless you are a mother who has gone through the constant contact with touching by children you might not understand her feelings. But it made me go “that’s me!” when I read it.

About Me

Retiring after 34 years in the airline industry, I found myself in Montana with my youngest daughter and a new grand daughter. Then came the oldest daughter and her partner, buying us a house for us all to live in. Then came the house fire and now we are rearranging our lives and planning a move back to North Carolina in 2018. So it will be 5 years of Zone 4 gardening before I get back to my Zone 7 comfort zone.